It’s 2017 and a brand new year has started. This is also the day that the newly elected county officials were sworn in. At nine am this morning at the Austin County Courthouse County Judge Tim Lapham administered the oath of office to the newly elected officials who will now take their place in the offices they were elected to. Some, are new to their positions like newly elected Commissioner of Precinct Two Mark Lamp and Tax Assessor Kim Rinn. Others are returning to positions they’ve held previously like Precinct Three County Commissioner Randy Reichardt, Sheriff Jack Brandes and the constables for all four precincts of Austin County. Below is video of the administration of oaths that took place this morning. The video is courtesy of the Bellville Chamber of Commerce who were in attendance of the ceremony. We greatly appreciate them sharing their video.